New York based advertising agency Cossette Post will be issuing faux passports beginning next week. Unlike official passports, these passports will be purposefully left in cabs, bars, libraries, malls and other popular locations as well as key retail outlets. Share

One of the blogerati’s heavyweights weighed in today on how amazing the Cluetrain Manifesto is, and how clueless VW is for not understanding its inner most workings. “If I were you, VW, I would hold a contest to get people to create the best damned VW commercial anywhere and promise to spend big bucks to […]

Like the VW suicide bomber spot I’ve tried to avoid, I also intentionally passed on the “Andrew Fischer’s head as clever media buy” story. So, why cover either story now? Because it’s believed both are hoaxes. According to comments made on Adrants, the wining eBay bidder for ad space on the Omaha man’s head, Melody […]

Nat Ives of The NY Times describes “determined detractors” as persistent critics of a company or product that mount their own public relations offensive, often online. They have roiled corporate plans at least since Ralph Nader famously attacked the Chevrolet Corvair and other cars in his 1965 book, Unsafe at Any Speed, which prompted General […]

Outdoor advertising will never be the same. I found this image at Welcome to Optimism the blog belonging to Wieden + Kennedy’s London office. There’s no copy, only a header which reads, “The Power of Football.” Share

Just weeks after the term “Third Screen” entered the marketing lexicon, Motorola debuts a short film exhibit from renowned cinematographer, Edward Lachman of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Erin Brockovich” fame. All in effort to hype their new 710 camera phone. Research suggests that worldwide revenue from mobile information and entertainment is expected to grow to […]

On Saturday, AdPulp received a tip from Asa Bailey, a Brit excited by his firm’s hijacking of domain name, ogilvymather.co.uk. I fail to see the significance, for O+M uses ogilvy dot com for their worldwide web presence. This morning, I see Marketing Wonk has picked up the non-story. So what is a modern marketer to […]

from AdAge: In a new version of product placement, the WE Women’s Entertainment network will open each weekly segment of this month’s Cinematherapy show in the front seat a Pontiac G6 sedan. The car model was recently the subject of massive media coverage after Oprah Winfrey gave a free G6 to each member of the […]